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Sarah Diomande commented on the post, Weekly Question #10: Complete by April 20, 2017, on the site 7 years, 1 month ago
For Amazon:
The rows would be: Individual Items that I’ve bought.
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Sarah Diomande commented on the post, Weekly Question #11: Complete by April 27, 2017, on the site 7 years, 1 month ago
Having no prior knowledge of Big Data in general, I took away a lot from this class. It was fascinating to discover how vital and regular big data is in our everyday lives, and how we also have access to all this free data. I think one of the most important things I learned from this class is that we are capable of having question, sorting…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande commented on the post, Weekly Question #8: Complete by April 6, 2017, on the site 7 years, 2 months ago
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/290594
This article is about the frequent misconceptions small businesses have about big data. I found this article to be interesting in that it spoke to what a lot of small businesses think in a non-judgmental way. The top 5 conceptions included: Human touch outweighs anything automated, Revenue will not be…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
A KPI that I tend to use frequently would be my online banking app. In order to see and keep up with my finances it’s vital that this type of KPI uses the SMART criteria.
S: It’s specific in the way that it only pertains to my account number, therefore; my balance only.
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Sarah Diomande commented on the post, Weekly Question #6: Complete by March 9, 2017, on the site 7 years, 3 months ago
Although I haven’t had to work with excel very much, the times that I have I definitely suffered from Number 7: Put values in fields that are supposed to be pointers or references. It’s so easy to get caught in all the number at hand that sometimes you forget about the numbers that were initially there to either compare or contrast with at the…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
This Forbes article discusses the demise of “real news” especially during an intense period of political change. Seeing the results if Brexit and the U.S. election, many were under the notion that the news being catered to them through…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
Out of the 8 Core Principles, I think the most important one in data visualization is “Be Skeptical”. I think this one is important because as we’ve been learning in class, visuals aren’t always what they seem. You may think they are trying to tell you one thing but it’s a completely different approach. I think being skeptical to data allows you…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande commented on the post, Weekly Question #3: Complete by February 9, 2017, on the site 7 years, 4 months ago
The biggest take-away I got from having Maurice’s talk was that there is always a better way to manage data, and how the key results we strive for tend to be anticipation. I was especially inclined by his story of how the IT guys wanted to help the call-line people to better anticipate what the buyers wanted and what they were asking, Being able…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-38771329
This article focused on misinterpreting data and how this can cause back-sets when it comes to government work. The Welsh government was set to have an inquiry on Nov. 1st about a relief road being built in order to relieve traffic. Unfortunately, due to inaccurate data the inquiry…[Read more]
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Sarah Diomande posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
A conventional wisdom statement that I have always questioned was the humorous saying that “summer bodies are made in the winter.” Of course to be summer “ready” you would need to have some type of preparation throughout the earlier months but I don’t necessarily think that the winter is the only, and even better time to prepare oneself.…[Read more]